Karl James wins Caribbean Laser Championships

The winner of this year’s Caribbean Laser Championships held in Orient Bay over the weekend was Karl James. Held on the 24th and 25th June, Karl James who was sponsored by Budget Marine, beat out Benoit Maesemaker of St. Barths and his countryman Jules Mitchell also of Antigua. James and Maesemaker had been almost even […]

Kidz at Sea win at Lagoonies Regatta

In image: the One Design Boats at the start line The Third Annual Lagoonies Regatta was the scene of intense competition in highly varying winds with the win being taken by a team from Kidz at Sea foundation helmed by Garth Steyn, the person behind the success of this youth program. Whilst three of the […]

Another successful edition of the Budget Marine Challenge

The 13eedition of the Budget Marine Challenge, held Sunday June 4thoff the coast of Curaçao, was another successful event. The Budge Marine Challenge is targeted at local boat owners that enjoy a good social event at the destination. The different race starts are what makes this event so unique in the Caribbean. In image: Team […]

SUNBEAMsystem is a proud supplier of solar panels for ‘OceanCleanup’.

In image: OceanCleanUp prototype set to launch end of 2017 / beginning of 2018 A breakthrough in the development of The OceanCleanup was recently presented by its CEO and Founder Boyan Slat (1994) a Dutch inventor recognized as one of the 20 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs Worldwide (intel EYE50), and is the youngest-ever recipient of […]

DeepSea diving records approved by Guinness book of Records

In image: Marina Kazankova & Carlos Coste showing their official certifications After several months of waiting the Venezuelan, Carlos Coste (177m, in 3min 05 seg ) and the Russian Marina Kazankova (154m, in 3min ) received the news that their Guinness World Records were approved. Last September 9, 2016 during the Bonaire Deepsea Challenge Carlos […]

The newest addition to the Budget Marine Group: St.Kitts

Budget Marine St.Kitts is now OPEN! It is the newest addition to the Budget Marine Group and is located in in the capital Basseterre, in CAP Southwell Industrial Park near The Basseterre Fisheries Complex on the waterfront. A dinghy dock will soon be built but in the meantime you can dinghy into the fishing port. […]

The yachts we come across: Passagemaker

Passagemaker is a beautiful 54 year old teak hulled motor yacht that will be crossing to Portugal in April. They did a huge renovation inside and out and in the process Budget Marine came through with a donation on the chain which we are sure they will put to good use. In image: the old […]

Clement Golaz wins Gill Watch Promotion at Budget Marine

Over 80 people participated in the weeklong promotion at Budget Marine giving customers the chance to win a sporty Gill Watch. The winner, Clement Golaz, was picked live over the air by Radio host Dr. Soc from Island 92, the rock, blues and good time radio and Ellen Van Holland-Little from Budget Marine. Dr.Soc Ellen […]